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Obesity, Galectin‐3, and Incident Heart Failure: The ARIC Study

BACKGROUND: Laboratory data suggest obesity is linked to myocardial inflammation and fibrosis, but clinical data are limited. We aimed to examine the association of obesity with galectin‐3, a biomarker of cardiac inflammation and fibrosis, and the related implications for heart failure (HF) risk. ME...

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Autores principales: Florido, Roberta, Kwak, Lucia, Echouffo‐Tcheugui, Justin B., Zhang, Sui, Michos, Erin D., Nambi, Vijay, Goldberg, Ronald B., Hoogeveen, Ron C., Lazo, Mariana, Gerstenblith, Gary, Post, Wendy S., Blumenthal, Roger S., Coresh, Josef, Folsom, Aaron R., Selvin, Elizabeth, Ballantyne, Christie, Ndumele, Chiadi E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9238585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35491999
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.121.023238